By American English, Lazy English

Wow, what a lot of nonesense.Is American English simply lazy English with disregard for the fundamentals of the language, or is it a valid simplification of an overly complex and irregular language?Huh? What are you talking about? I was hoping nobody would ask, but since you did, I much...

no it is not

It's not a myth. The standard of English is the U.S. is slipping on all levels. California, as reported by a radio talkshow commentary tw o weeks ago, scored the second poorest in SAT, next to the State of Mississippi which has the worst SAT scores in the nation. About half of the high school...

It's not a myth. The standard of English is the U.S. is slipping on all levels. California, as reported by a radio talkshow commentary tw o weeks ago, scored the second poorest in SAT, next to the State of Mississippi which has the worst SAT scores in the nation. About half of the high school...

Hi folks. Well, I don't know if it's lazy but I find it exceedingly hard to make out american speech especially when the voice is muffled or peculiar. I put this down to the fact that americans very often mumble which is a pain in the neck for foreigners.

All the guys are seem to prove own thing. Well, any language whatever it is english or else is ever changing according to the ease of people. It's exactly the thing regarding English too. Well, no one can agree the point that the particular english is the best and so on. Have people forgotten...

"In order to raise the level of English in the USA, the government deliberately simplified the system so more people could learn faster, and thus improve national communication as a whole. " Now this idea is just wrong. How could the government affect the speach patterns of the majority of...

Guest wrote: Mike in Japan, I don't think you should feel silly at all, and I can't see why it would be unrealistic to hope for global standardisation of the language, after all, most countries teach the same version, as was proved earlier on. I don't mean to offend anyone, but I do feel...

My2sense wrote: Whitedragon wrote: American English is 'simplified' British English. America is a nation of immigrants, many who are non-native English speakers. In order to raise the level of English in the USA, the government deliberately simplified the system so more people could learn...

Hello Mike in Japan- Arguments claiming American English to be a “dumbed down” or “lazy” version of British English are based on the erroneous premise that American English is a perversion of British English. Any real linguist will tell you that modern British and modern American English BOTH...